Was South Sudan independence a coincidence or the best choice?
4 min readBy Michael Mabior Mading
March 3, 2015 (SSB) — Was the independent of South Sudan co-incident, the best option or choice for the people? No, I personally doubted, because they way each and every one behaves currently in this country, dose not shown any sign of those who were prepare to receive a new born country. I thought, the independent was a co-incident, nobody was ready for it, otherwise people would have not behaved the way they are now.
In many cultures in South Sudan, when expecting to receive a visitor, there is a manner you conduct yourself and even the way things are done in that family, so that the visitors do not see the weakness that existed in that family.
For the case of our new nation, it become contrary to South Sudanese and African cultural way of doing things. People behaving in a way which shown that, South Sudanese people were not ready to receive the new nation, something’s our great grandfathers struggles to get for more than 100 years, but in vain.
We, this generation in South Sudan after getting our independent in 2011, I thought and I said, we are a blessed generation by achieving independent of our country, after our forefathers long period of time of struggles, but couldn’t make it.
When seeing things going this way after independent, I began asking myself, is this independent we were fighting for? Could it be a curse or blessing? But I did not have any answer up to now, because South Sudan seems to be like falling apart, because the future of this country is not clear after the December 2013 failed coup attempt.
I personally came convinced, and am even more convinced every day I see things going in different direction that, if something is not done to resolve the current crisis, then South Sudan will tear apart.
Did anybody learnt from our Hero Late Dr, John Garang about problem solving Technic? Was there no good learner among those and currently leaders who were in the busy? I thought Garang taught many of them on problem solving Technic and if there is none, then the chances of losing this nation are very high.
Given the current crisis and how it is being handled, I came to realized the reason why many people cried a lot when late Dr, John Garang died in Helicopter crash. Many people lost hope after Garang death that, there will be no what is so called South Sudan again, because many people had a belief that he was the only visionary person who can bring a total peace and freedom to this nation. And I am strongly agreed with those who had those beliefs.
Though, he did not brought the peace to the country alone, I came to believed that, if it was not him, there could have not been what is so called South Sudan today.
After his death, I came to believed that, Garang was the only one who was having eye to see among the leaders during the struggle, and to improve it, you can see what is currently happening in this country.
Whether you judge me wrong or rights, the truths must be said, the independent though we all celebrated in 2011 with happiness and proud to have achieved our mission, there are those among our currently leaders who were not ready and prepared to receive the new nation. In short, there is a prove that, majority of South Sudan people voted for separation unknowingly without knowing what it mean to have an independent state.
To conclude my point, I wanted to ask all the readers, was independent of South Sudan a co-incident or best choice from the people of South Sudan?
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